Awards will be presented for materials for primary schools in each of the categories: languages, primary science and mathematics. The winning entry in each category is decided by a jury comprising representatives from academia, educational practice and publishing.

The awards, which are under the patronage of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the German Länder, will be presented at the Leipzig Book Fair in March 2024.

The GEI aims, through the award, to stimulate discussion of educational media and their significance in everyday teaching. It should raise awareness of the social significance of textbooks and digital educational media for schools and contribute to their continuous development and improvement.

Requirements

• printed or digital
• designed for primary schools (years 1 to 4)
• published after 1 July 2021

 Eligibility Requirements

• The material to be submitted must have been designed specifically for use as educational material in schools.
• The content does not have to cover the entire curricula of the academic year/semester but can be limited to specific thematic areas.
• When submitting textbooks for consideration, we request that supplementary multimedia materials are submitted alongside the printed textbook.
• When submitting learning platforms, teaching management systems or other wholly digital products for consideration, login details must be provided to enable jury members to access the material.
• When submitting digital educational media for consideration to which access is restricted by licences, temporary arrangements must be made to enable the jury free access.
• Teaching materials for general education subjects can be submitted in any of the three categories: languages, primary science or mathematics.
• Educational media publishers and other producers of educational materials may submit up to three titles per category.
• Twelve copies of each printed textbook must be provided for the jury.
• The jury should be provided with five copies of any supplementary materials that are not normally included with the textbook (optional CD/DVD, teacher’s manual, other materials) in order to provide an illustration of the overall concept. 
• Members of the public can submit recommendations by e-mail. The Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute will request copies for the jury from the respective publishing houses.